Lynn dad a bomb tosser

LYNN – A Lynn father was ordered held without bail Monday for his alleged bomb-tossing stunts that he told police were “cool.”Dennis Hamel, 21, of 17 Relay St., was arrested on a warrant Monday morning and charged with possession of an infernal device.The father of a baby girl who turns 2 this week allegedly told police Nov. 2 that his friend showed him how to make explosives with household products when officers questioned him at his home. A concerned neighbor called police that day after she allegedly saw Hamel throwing an explosive from his front porch before it blew up in the street as children played nearby.A police report of the incident said Hamel admitted to throwing at least three bombs saying, “It’s no big deal.”After telling police he learned how to make the bombs from a friend, “Hamel then stated he thought it was ‘cool’ and tried it,” the police report read.Police first received a call at 12:30 p.m. from the worried mom who said her children ran inside the home fearing they heard gunshots. However, the woman said the noise sounded more like an explosion.The woman looked out a window and allegedly saw a man, later identified as Hamel, on his porch combining household substances in a plastic bottle. She then watched Hamel allegedly place tinfoil into the bottle, screw on a bottle cap and throw the device from his second-floor porch.According to police, the bottle bounced off a chain link fence that surrounds Cataldo Ambulance, where numerous ambulances were parked against the fence.The bottle began spinning around and smoking before it eventually blew up, police said.At this point, the witness said she yelled at Hamel to stop throwing bombs off his porch because there was a young boy riding his bicycle on the street.In a defiant response to the woman’s request, Hamel allegedly made another explosive device and threw it into the street.Police talked to several neighbors who came outside and concluded between three and four explosions occurred on Nov. 2.When questioned, Hamel allegedly admitted to throwing the devices but said he “did not understand what the big deal was because nobody got hurt,” according to the police report.Police did not initially arrest Hamel at the scene but waited until Monday when an arrest warrant was issued.As police began leaving Hamel’s house on Nov. 2, his girlfriend and mother of his baby began screaming obscenities at the woman who called police.”That’s the (expletive) next door who called the cops,” Kaitlyn Tabbi, 20, allegedly yelled. “Mind your (expletive) business (expletive)? It’s your fault the cops are here.”The Department of Children and Families was notified of the incident.Hamel is being held at Middleton House of Corrections without bail pending an upcoming dangerousness hearing in Lynn District Court.